Decisions...

[JeffieLove]

I have one and I have a diffuser for it... I mentioned it in the first post and even provided a link to the diffuser that I have...

I don't like the look of bare flash on a child and even with the diffuser and my flash on it's lowest power it still looks pretty bad... I am going to buy some reflectors as that has already been suggested...

Now I'm at the part where I'm trying to figure out why I can't get the eyes in my pictures to look as good as others.

If it is just a matter of doing something in photoshop, what is it?!? I've used the Iris Enhancement brush in LR3 but it still doesn't look as good as I want it too. I've tried masking sharpness around the eyes, still doesn't help a lot... Every time someone replies with a different question or something it completely throws me off and I end up with more questions... I need to get my brain organized... lol

 

[mwcfarms]

In Lightroom you can whiten eyes and use the iris brush then in Photoshop or PSE which ever your using do the eye masking and it really works. Sometimes I am lazy and I apply the sharpening in LR3 when I do the iris brush; but it always looks best if done in Photoshop.

 

[JeffieLove]

I will see what I can do when I get home..

Someone had posted some coffee shop actions too. I have tried them before but it was before I had the experience that I have now... Maybe I'll try them again too and see what happens...

 

[KmH]

Gaining an understanding of how to use supplimentlal lighting is essential to learning how to use available light effectively.

The lighting types: broad, short, chiaroscuro, Rembrandt,, split, butterfly, etc. are still used when available light is one of the light sources used.

 

[gsgary]

I have one and I have a diffuser for it... I mentioned it in the first post and even provided a link to the diffuser that I have...

I don't like the look of bare flash on a child and even with the diffuser and my flash on it's lowest power it still looks pretty bad... I am going to buy some reflectors as that has already been suggested...

Now I'm at the part where I'm trying to figure out why I can't get the eyes in my pictures to look as good as others.

If it is just a matter of doing something in photoshop, what is it?!? I've used the Iris Enhancement brush in LR3 but it still doesn't look as good as I want it too. I've tried masking sharpness around the eyes, still doesn't help a lot... Every time someone replies with a different question or something it completely throws me off and I end up with more questions... I need to get my brain organized... lol

Bare flash